IP Library Granted Patent US 8,872,571
Granted Patent B2
US 8,872,571 · App. 13/966,415 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Level shifter and operational amplifier

Inventor: Yi-Cheng Hsieh (Hsinchu Hsien, TW)
Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
H03K3/012
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Patent No.
US 8,872,571
App. No.
13/966,415
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A level shifter includes a signal receiving module, including at least one signal receiving end for receiving at least one input signal and being conducted or non-conducted according to the input signal; a level adjusting module, configured to generate the adjusted output signal according to the input signal, wherein the level adjusting module includes a first connection end and a second connection end, the second connection end is coupled to the signal receiving module; and a switch module, including a first end coupling to the first connection end and a second end coupling to the second connection end. If the switch module is conducted, an current path is formed between the first connection end, the second connection end and the signal receiving module through the switch module. If the switch module is not conducted, current is blocked from flowing from the first connection end to the second connection end.

Claims (34)

1. A level shifter, configured to generate an adjusted output signal, comprising:

a signal receiving module, comprising at least one signal receiving end for receiving at least one input signal and being conducted or non-conducted according to the input signal;

a level adjusting module, comprising a first connection end and a second connection end coupled to the signal receiving module, and configured to generate the adjusted output signal according to the input signal; and

a switch module, comprising a first end coupled to the first connection end, a second end coupled to the second connection end and a third end coupled to the input signal, wherein if the switch module is conducted, a current path is formed between the first connection end, the second connection end and the signal receiving module through the switch module, and if the switch module is not conducted, current is blocked from flowing from the first connection end to the second connection end;

wherein the switch module is controlled by the input signal.

2. The level shifter of claim 1 , wherein the signal receiving module further comprises:

a first signal input end for receiving a first input signal;

a second signal input end for receiving a second input signal;

a first switch component, comprising a control end as the first signal receiving end, a first end coupled to the level adjusting module, and a second end coupled to a first voltage level; and

a second switch component, comprising a control end as the second signal input end, a first end coupled to the second connection end and the second end of the switch module, and a second end coupled to the first voltage level;

wherein if the second switch is conducted, the switch module is not conducted, and if the second switch component is not conducted, the switch module is conducted.

3. The level shifter of claim 2 , wherein the level adjusting module further comprises:

a first transistor, comprising a control end coupled to the second connection end, a first end coupled to a second voltage level, and a second end coupled to the first end of the first switch component; and

a second transistor, comprising a control end coupled to the second connection end, a first end coupled to the second voltage level, and a second end coupled to the first connection end.

4. The level shifter of claim 3 , wherein the switch module further comprises:

a third switch component, comprising a first end as the first end of the switch module, a second end as the second end of the switch module, and a control end coupled to the control end of the second switch component.

5. The level shifter of claim 4 , wherein the first switch component, the second switch component and the third switch component are N-MOSFETs, and the first transistor and the second transistor are P-MOSFETs.

6. An operational amplifier, configured to generate an adjusted output signal, comprising:

a signal receiving module, comprising at least one signal receiving end for receiving at least one input signal and being conducted or non-conducted according to the input signal;

a level adjusting module, comprising a first connection end and a second connection end coupled to the signal receiving module, and configured to generate the adjusted output signal according to the input signal; and

a switch module, comprising a first end coupled to the first connection end, a second end coupled to the second connection end and a third end coupled to the input signal, wherein if the switch module is conducted, an current path is formed between the first connection end, the second connection end and the signal receiving module through the switch module, and if the switch module is not conducted, current is blocked from the first connection end to the second connection end,

wherein the switch module is controlled by the input signal.

7. The operational amplifier of claim 6 , wherein the signal receiving module further comprises:

a first signal input end for receiving a first input signal;

a second signal input end for receiving a second input signal;

a first switch component, comprising a control end as the first signal receiving end, a first end coupled to the level adjusting module, and a second end coupled to a first voltage level; and

a second switch component, comprising a control end as the second signal input end, a first end coupled to the second connection end and the second end of the switch module, and a second end coupled to the first voltage level;

wherein if the second switch component is conducted, the switch module is not conducted, and if the second switch component is not conducted, the switch module is conducted.

8. The operational amplifier of claim 7 , wherein the level adjusting module further comprises:

a first transistor, comprising a control end coupled to the second connection end, a first end coupled to a second voltage level, and a second end coupled to the first end of the first switch component; and

a second transistor, comprising a control end coupled to the second connection end, a first end coupling to the second voltage level, and a second end coupled to the first connection end.

9. The operational amplifier of claim 8 , wherein the switch module further comprises:

a third switch component, comprising a first end as the first end of the switch module, a second end as the second end of the switch module, and a control end coupled to the control end of the second switch component.

10. The operational amplifier of claim 9 , wherein the first switch component, the second switch component and the third switch component are N-MOSFETs, and the first transistor and the second transistor are P-MOSFETs.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 8, 2019
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 050665/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2013
From: HSIEH, YI-CHENG
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 031006/0710 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101138814 A · Oct 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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